O cenário das práticas ágeis nas empresas de software do Sudoeste Paranaense

Abstract

Agile methods are results of an evolution of software development processes as an alternative to traditional heavy methods. However, a latent problem of adopting agile methods in practice is the fact that in real development scenarios there is no viability for organizations to follow a solid and systematized pattern. Therefore, the present study is part of a series of studies aimed to identifying phenomena about the use of agile methods for software development considering regional and human aspects. With the overall objective of identifying and presenting characteristics about the current agile scenario in the software development companies of southwestern Paraná (Brazil), an exploratory survey was elaborated and applied in 25 organizations of the region. The results obtained were analyzed and discussed. Several phenomena were present in the scenario, as well as problems and obstacles that companies encounter. Some identified characteristics involve immaturity by professionals in relation to agile, companies with varied sizes but none with more than 500 employees, few teams in each organization with few members in each team, all 12 principles practiced in most organizations, methodology Scrum being the most used, customer far from development, many agile practices performed, administration supporting the team, identification of many communication support tools, incentives to fast feedback and deadlines and deliveries being a latent problem of organizations.